Piper woke up the next morning feeling awful. She was physically and
emotional exhausted and yet she seems to be able to pry herself out of bed.
She walked pass Wyatt's crib as she watched him sleep. After a few moments
she silently crept out of her room not wanting to wake up the toddler.
She went down the stairs into the kitchen to find her sisters there before she was. Paige and Phoebe were at the table enjoying a bowl of cereal with coffee. Everyone looked tired and worried.
"Thanks." Piper stated confusing her sisters.
"For what?" Paige asked a funny look on her face.
"I really didn't feel like cooking breakfast this morning." Piper replied taking a seat at the table. "Still no sign of Chris or Jessie?" She asked hoping to get a positive answer.
"No, not yet." Phoebe replied looking down into her coffee mug.
"Don't worry I'm fine." Chris said standing at the entrance to the kitchen.
"Oh Chris!" Piper jumped up from her seat as she rushed over and gave him a hug. Chris melted right into the tight embrace, remembering when he used to get those a lot. "We were so worried about you." Piper said pulling out of the hug looking up at the young man.
"Are you alright?" Piper asked
"I'm fine." Chris replied but inside he was still crying his heart out.
"Are you hungry, you want me to fix some food for you?" Piper asked as she ushered Chris to a seat.
"I thought she didn't feel like cooking." Paige whispered softly to Phoebe who only shrugged her shoulders in response.
"I'm fine Piper, appetite is kinda gone." Chris said in a voice so low that Piper could barely hear him.
"You sure?" Piper asked again
"Piper, I'm fine." Chris said forcing a smile.
"Morning." Jessie greeted walking in.
"Morning. Hungry?" Piper asked.
"Not really hungry." Jessie replied.
"Where have you guys been?" Paige asked setting down her coffee mug.
"My apartment. Sorry I didn't call or anything. I know I should've but I didn't get the chance." Jessie replied taking a seat beside Chris.
"Don't worry about it, we figured you guys were ok." Phoebe replied glancing over to Chris.
"Is Wyatt awake?" Chris asked trying to avoid the sisters' attention.
"No but why don't you go wake him up for breakfast." Piper insisted as Chris got up and headed out of the kitchen. She watched him with worried eyes as he left.
"How is he?" Phoebe asked when Chris was out of hearing range.
"Honestly, I don't know. He dealt with it once and it's going to be hard for him a second time." Jessie replied. "I'm worried about him." Jessie stated.
"We'll help him through it." Paige stated trying to comfort the young empath.
"But let's not push him too hard guys, we all know what it's like to lose someone close to us." Piper said.
"You hungry big man? You want some cereal today?" the sisters could hear Chris speaking to Wyatt as they walked towards the kitchen.
Moments later, Chris came into the kitchen carrying Wyatt in his arms. Jessie watched as Chris put his brother in his highchair and prepared the cereal. Once Chris placed the bowl in front of the young child, he took a seat and watched Wyatt eating his breakfast, lost in thought.
"I'm gonna go upstairs and get changed." Piper stated as she got up.
"Paige and I gotta go too", Phoebe said as she also got up from the table, but Piper gave her a look of confusion. 'Why would her sister go to work at a time like this' Piper thought to herself.
"We won't be gone long, we'll be home before you know it." Phoebe finished walking over to where Chris was sitting. "It'll get better." Phoebe whispered as she kissed the top of his head before heading out. Paige patted him on the shoulders before she followed Phoebe out of the house.
"Eat all your cereal Wyatt. Mommy will be back soon." Piper said as she kissed the top of his head before heading up to her room. As she walked pass Chris, she gave his shoulder a comforting squeeze, trying to comfort him before she left.
"What if I can't save him?" Chris said looking at Wyatt, once everyone was out of the kitchen.
"Chris you can't think like that." Jessie said walking over and placing a friendly hand on his shoulder. She could sense he had conflicting emotions inside. He was beginning to lose hope in his mission to save his brother.
"If I can't save him, I lose everything." Chris stated sadly.
"Chris you can't lose hope, I have a lot of faith in you. I know you can save your brother." Jessie returned
"What?!" A shocked voice broke their moment as Chris and Jessie quickly turned to find Paige standing there stunned.
"Paige?! I thought you left for work?!" Chris exclaimed in surprise.
"I left my phone on the table." Paige explained. "Your Wyatt's brother?" Paige asked looking at Chris as if for the first time she really saw him.
"Please don't say anything." Chris begged as he got up and rushed over to stand before her. "Please you weren't supposed to know. Don't let Piper or Phoebe know please!" Chris begged.
"Piper? Piper...is your mom?" Paige said breathing out as her heart raced. "I can't believe this, all this time and we didn't even see it." Paige continued stared into the young man's eyes.
"Paige?" Chris called out in fear that his secret would be exposed to the rest of the family.
"Don't worry Chris, I won't say a word." Paige stated calmly as she saw his reaction.
"And I'm definitely not going to work now." Paige stated as a matter of fact.
"You have a lot of explaining to do Chris.... Chris Halliwell." Paige said with a smile. "It's got a nice ring to it."
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She went down the stairs into the kitchen to find her sisters there before she was. Paige and Phoebe were at the table enjoying a bowl of cereal with coffee. Everyone looked tired and worried.
"Thanks." Piper stated confusing her sisters.
"For what?" Paige asked a funny look on her face.
"I really didn't feel like cooking breakfast this morning." Piper replied taking a seat at the table. "Still no sign of Chris or Jessie?" She asked hoping to get a positive answer.
"No, not yet." Phoebe replied looking down into her coffee mug.
"Don't worry I'm fine." Chris said standing at the entrance to the kitchen.
"Oh Chris!" Piper jumped up from her seat as she rushed over and gave him a hug. Chris melted right into the tight embrace, remembering when he used to get those a lot. "We were so worried about you." Piper said pulling out of the hug looking up at the young man.
"Are you alright?" Piper asked
"I'm fine." Chris replied but inside he was still crying his heart out.
"Are you hungry, you want me to fix some food for you?" Piper asked as she ushered Chris to a seat.
"I thought she didn't feel like cooking." Paige whispered softly to Phoebe who only shrugged her shoulders in response.
"I'm fine Piper, appetite is kinda gone." Chris said in a voice so low that Piper could barely hear him.
"You sure?" Piper asked again
"Piper, I'm fine." Chris said forcing a smile.
"Morning." Jessie greeted walking in.
"Morning. Hungry?" Piper asked.
"Not really hungry." Jessie replied.
"Where have you guys been?" Paige asked setting down her coffee mug.
"My apartment. Sorry I didn't call or anything. I know I should've but I didn't get the chance." Jessie replied taking a seat beside Chris.
"Don't worry about it, we figured you guys were ok." Phoebe replied glancing over to Chris.
"Is Wyatt awake?" Chris asked trying to avoid the sisters' attention.
"No but why don't you go wake him up for breakfast." Piper insisted as Chris got up and headed out of the kitchen. She watched him with worried eyes as he left.
"How is he?" Phoebe asked when Chris was out of hearing range.
"Honestly, I don't know. He dealt with it once and it's going to be hard for him a second time." Jessie replied. "I'm worried about him." Jessie stated.
"We'll help him through it." Paige stated trying to comfort the young empath.
"But let's not push him too hard guys, we all know what it's like to lose someone close to us." Piper said.
"You hungry big man? You want some cereal today?" the sisters could hear Chris speaking to Wyatt as they walked towards the kitchen.
Moments later, Chris came into the kitchen carrying Wyatt in his arms. Jessie watched as Chris put his brother in his highchair and prepared the cereal. Once Chris placed the bowl in front of the young child, he took a seat and watched Wyatt eating his breakfast, lost in thought.
"I'm gonna go upstairs and get changed." Piper stated as she got up.
"Paige and I gotta go too", Phoebe said as she also got up from the table, but Piper gave her a look of confusion. 'Why would her sister go to work at a time like this' Piper thought to herself.
"We won't be gone long, we'll be home before you know it." Phoebe finished walking over to where Chris was sitting. "It'll get better." Phoebe whispered as she kissed the top of his head before heading out. Paige patted him on the shoulders before she followed Phoebe out of the house.
"Eat all your cereal Wyatt. Mommy will be back soon." Piper said as she kissed the top of his head before heading up to her room. As she walked pass Chris, she gave his shoulder a comforting squeeze, trying to comfort him before she left.
"What if I can't save him?" Chris said looking at Wyatt, once everyone was out of the kitchen.
"Chris you can't think like that." Jessie said walking over and placing a friendly hand on his shoulder. She could sense he had conflicting emotions inside. He was beginning to lose hope in his mission to save his brother.
"If I can't save him, I lose everything." Chris stated sadly.
"Chris you can't lose hope, I have a lot of faith in you. I know you can save your brother." Jessie returned
"What?!" A shocked voice broke their moment as Chris and Jessie quickly turned to find Paige standing there stunned.
"Paige?! I thought you left for work?!" Chris exclaimed in surprise.
"I left my phone on the table." Paige explained. "Your Wyatt's brother?" Paige asked looking at Chris as if for the first time she really saw him.
"Please don't say anything." Chris begged as he got up and rushed over to stand before her. "Please you weren't supposed to know. Don't let Piper or Phoebe know please!" Chris begged.
"Piper? Piper...is your mom?" Paige said breathing out as her heart raced. "I can't believe this, all this time and we didn't even see it." Paige continued stared into the young man's eyes.
"Paige?" Chris called out in fear that his secret would be exposed to the rest of the family.
"Don't worry Chris, I won't say a word." Paige stated calmly as she saw his reaction.
"And I'm definitely not going to work now." Paige stated as a matter of fact.
"You have a lot of explaining to do Chris.... Chris Halliwell." Paige said with a smile. "It's got a nice ring to it."
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